Achievement Quotes

"One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal body or total mastery of all aspects of the art form, but on the stage they possessed magnetism—true artistry, by which I mean a charismatic quality."

- Fernando Bujones

"The really great dancer is perhaps a rarer phenomenon than great musicians, painters or sculptors. This is because dance is a consummation of all these arts. The dancer, in addition to the qualities that pure dance demands, must be sensitive to and have an uncanny ear for music, must have a painter’s sensibility to the significant line, a sculptor’s approach to form, an architect’s vision of space and a trained actor’s responses to dramatic situations."

- K. Subhas Chandran

"Ballet is only good when it is great."

- Arlene Croce

"If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer’s character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist’s presence."

- Lincoln Kirstein

"If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

- Maria Tallchief

"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best."

- Theodore Isaac Rubin

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. A veteran does not have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"The legacy of heroes — the memory of a great name, and the inheritance of a great example."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, and do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"I’d rather be partly great than entirely useless."

- Neal Shusterman

"Comfort is the enemy of achievement."

- Farrah Gray

"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."

- James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy

"“Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”"

- William Patten

"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement."

- Brian Tracy

"We have met the enemy and they are ours..."

- Oliver Hazard Perry

"Sighted Sub, Sank Same."

- AMM 1/c Donald Francis Mason

"I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'"

- President John F. Kennedy

"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

- Steve Jobs

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected."

- Steve Jobs

"I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission."

- Katherine Johnson

"Make this Tuesday your masterpiece; a day full of purpose and achievements."

"Every cigarette you don't smoke is a victory."

"A diamond is simply a lump of coal that performed well under pressure."

- Anonymous

"Great things never came from comfort zones."

- Anonymous

"Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."

"Strive to reach the highest."

""Strive to reach the highest.""

"When You Slayed College"

"Good morning, pal! Today is your blank page, ready to be filled with moments of joy, laughter, and success. Carpe diem!"

- Unknown

"Getting up early in the morning always makes you feel good about your first achievement of the day."